#51206E#51206E

#51206E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.6% C 0.132 H 310.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51206E
RGB	rgb(81, 32, 110)
HSL	hsl(278, 55%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(278, 71%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.4%, 70.9%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.37, 37.11, -35.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.37, 51.54, 316.06°)
OKLab	oklab(35.56% 0.0853 -0.1011)
OKLCH	oklch(35.56% 0.132 310.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.7238, 3.9083, 15.1490)
Luminance	0.0391 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51206E #3D6E20

analogous

#2A206E #51206E #6E2064

triadic

#51206E #6E5120 #206E51

tetradic

#51206E #6E2A20 #3D6E20 #20646E

square

#51206E #6E2A20 #3D6E20 #20646E

split-complementary

#51206E #646E20 #206E2A

monochromatic

#110718 #2E123F #51206E #742E9D #9541C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.79

#51206E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#51206E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #51206E

11.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51206E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##51206E	1.00	11.79	1.78	11.79
#FFFFFF	11.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003670

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#14386C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D3044

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51206e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 32, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.6% 0.132 310.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#856098',
    500: '#51206e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51206e;
$custom-light: #856098;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51206e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.692,
    "s": 54.93,
    "l": 27.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35563,
    "c": 0.13226,
    "h": 310.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03908
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51206E

secondary

#69A248

accent

#DE4A81

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFEAF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B050E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #51206E

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →